Questions tagged [election]
Elections are the process by which a populace elects their political leaders. Elections are typically only utilized in democratic nations with some exceptions. Elections come in multiple different forms such as: First Past the Post (the first person to win a relative majority), Absolute Majority (the winner is the candidate which receives 50%+1 of the votes), Instant Run-Off Voting (system where voters rank their preferred candidates), and many more.
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Was there gender-bias in votes for Nazis in Weimar Republic?
In the historically quite accurate book Märzgefallene it is claimed that women tended to vote for Hitler in 1932-33, while Wikipedia claims that the votes for the NSDAP were not gender-biased, but I ...
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Why did many young voters support Ronald Reagan in the 1984 U.S. Presidential Election?
In 1984 many young voters seemed pretty enthusiastic about Ronald Reagan, especially young White voters. Young voters supporting a Republican for president is almost unheard of these days. What was it ...
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Have roughly half of incumbents who sought the presidency again failed?
I recently came across this Twitter thread from famed data analyst (and much maligned political analyst) Nate Silver:
The historical claim in the first tweet was kind of surprising to me (so yeah, ...
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Has any US Presidential nominee/presumptive nominee from a major party, apart from Johnson, withdrawn from the race mid-campaign?
After the recent US Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the news has been flooded by statements from numerous sources saying essentially this, namely that Biden's performance was ...
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Did provincial elections occur in 1934 in the provinces of Punjab and Bengal?
I was reading about elections in British India that happened as per the rules of the Government of India Act, 1919. From 1920 till 1934, a total of five elections were conducted i.e. 1920, 1923, 1926, ...
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How have historians calculated the total number of votes in general elections which had plural voting?
note: a good answer would track down the source of these figures (possibly from the books below) and explain the methodology behind counting them
In the 1830 general election to the parliament at ...
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Have there been situations in US history or other countries, where a 2 person election will elect A, but by adding a third person, B is elected? [closed]
Has it ever occurred in US history or in other countries, where:
Person A and Person B both are Presidential candidates.
Say, 60% of people are pro Person A, and 40% are pro Person B
Now, a third ...
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Was the 14th Amendment ever enforced against a Confederate veteran?
Headlines have recently told us that the Supreme Court of Colorado has excluded Donald Trump from the ballot in that state because of Article 3 of the 14th Amendment, which provides:
No person shall ...
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What were the details of the election fraud on the 1927 elections in Liberia?
The Wikipedia article says that the voter turnout exceeded 1660% because the number of those who participated in the elections far exceeded the number of eligible voters. The election was recorded in ...
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Who organised elections in the ancient Roman Republic?
I keep researching ancient Rome for my story world: alternative history where Rome has survived till the near future.
I remember from my primary school history course (and it was my favourite course) ...
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How long, historically speaking, did it take to tally and report the vote?
I am trying to get an idea of how long it may have taken American states to tally and report election results in days of yore---e.g., late 1700s till the civil war. I know the telegraph was used to ...
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Why did Jimmy Carter handily win the state of Georgia in 1980, despite losing other southern states?
Two explanations easily come to mind.
The first is that Georgia is "bluer" than other southern states. In support of this theory is that Joe Biden won it in 2020, and Bill Clinton in 1992.
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Is it known if Yeltsin was planning to give up power peacefully if he lost the 1996 election?
In 1995 Yeltsin was considering to declare a state of emergency and cancel the Presidential elections, as there was a large chance he would lose the 1996 election:
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What did US presidential ballots look like when unpledged electors were offered?
Unpledged presidential electors have run in at least four US presidential elections. In 1960, 14 were elected.
In this age, where the electoral college is almost a mere formality and we rarely think ...
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Where can I find video of Pierre Elliott Trudeau's concession in 1979?
The Canadian parliamentary elections of May 1979 were a defeat for the Liberals and a victory for the Progressive Conservatives, resulting in Pierre Elliott Trudeau's replacement by Joe Clark as prime ...
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